Blake Russell is an American long-distance runner who represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was born on July 24, 1975 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. A product of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she went on to finish 27th in the Olympic marathon in Beijing after finishing third in the marathon at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Nowadays, she stays successful in her sports career.

What is Blake’s training like? In one of her interviews, she shared, “I am usually on the low side, it’s pretty easy for me to get 90-100 in for a marathon, but this time I tried to hover around 115-120. I try and do the easy runs and workouts as fast as I can which means I run from my front door, or might drive ten minutes to another location. My weeks kind of vary. I was trying out a ten day cycle which gave me more recovery time and allowed me to do an interval workout, a marathon pace workout, and a long run every about every two or three days.”‘

What about her diet? Here’s what she said: “Hmm. Diet. Mine is probably laughable compared to most elite runners. Morning is usually a cup of coffee and some special K cereal. I’ll eat a snack or have a smoothie after my morning workout, lunch is a sandwich, usually PB&J with some yogurt and granola, afternoon snacks like bread/peanut butter and honey, or almonds, fruit, string cheese. Dinner is usually chicken, steak or salmon, with rice and veggies, or regular or sweet potatoes. I also make homemade chocolate chip cookies almost every other day.”